Finanzgeschäfte

Inmitten der Weltwirtschaftskrise im Viertel Harlem in Manhattan ist Einfallsreichtum die Mutter der Porzellankiste. Das gilt für Stéphanie St. Clair, genannt Queenie, als schwarze Frau aus der Karibik umso mehr. Nach 20 Jahren in New York City hat sie sich nicht nur von den Fesseln ihrer Vergangenheit befreit, sondern ihren ganz eigenen Amerikanischen Traum verwirklicht: die illegale Lotterie in Harlem. Doch als die Prohibition endet, der Alkoholschmuggel weniger einträglich wird und die Gewinne der Mafia schmelzen, will der skrupellose Gangster Dutch Schulz etwas von Queenies Kuchen abhaben. Oder, um genau zu sein, sich ihren Kuchen einverleiben. Doch da hat er die Rechnung ohne Queenie gemacht, deren dunkle Vergangenheit lange Schatten wirft...»Harlem«: ein realistisches Gangster-Drama in detailverliebtem Sepia, die fesselnde Geschichte einer durch Schmerz und Missbrauch gestählten Frau, die um ihren Platz an der Sonne kämpft, das Portrait einer schwarzen Königin in einer Stadt voller weißer Männer, an deren Händen rotes Blut klebt.

The art world is full of pitfalls, mysteries and risk. It is a place where paintings can be bought and sold for millions of pounds. Fortunes can be made... and lost. <BR>For those whose ambition is to accumulate wealth beyond their wildest dreams, expert knowledge, confidence, bravery and deep pockets are certainly needed.<BR>Ian Caxton is being tested by fake paintings, a financial gamble on the artwork of a black slave, his wife's life-changing news and a series of mysterious emails that suggest he's being watched.<BR>More dramatic events, mental conflicts and soul searching decisions. How will Ian cope with all these extra demands? This is the big question, that is The Challenge.

Someone is killing New York's most beautiful women . . . and Detective Luc Moncrief and his partner are the only ones who can solve the mystery.<BR>Gorgeous women are dropping dead at upscale department stores in New York City. Detective Luc Moncrief and Detective Katherine Burke are close to solving the mystery, but looks can be deceiving....<BR>BookShots<BR>Lightning-fast stories by James Patterson<BR>- Novels you can devour in a few hours- Impossible to stop reading- All original content from James Patterson

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"In the week before Guy Fawkes Night, London's peaceful streets break out in sudden unrest. Enraged by a scandal involving a corrupt financier accused of insider trading, demonstrators are rioting outside the Findersbury Private Bank, chanting, marching, and growing violent. But when someone hurls a Molotov cocktail at the bank's front door, killing a homeless man on its steps, Bryant, May, and the rest of the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in. Is this an act of protest gone terribly wrong? Or a devious, premeditated murder?"--Dust jacket flap.